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Purple-throated Mountain Gem (Female)

Lampornis calolaemus

Description:

It is 10.5 cm long. The male weighs 6.0 g and the female 4.8 g. The shortish black bill is slightly curved. The adult male has bronze-green upperparts and underparts except for a brilliant green crown, purple throat and dark grey tail. The female lacks the bright crown and throat, and has rich cinnamon underparts. Young birds resemble the female but have buff fringes to the upperparts plumage. The call of this species is a sharp buzzy zeet. Females have slightly longer bills than males.

1 Species ID Suggestions

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago
Purple-throated Mountain Gem (female)
Lampornis calolaemus Purple-throated Mountaingem


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12 Comments

Toucan
Toucan 10 years ago

Thank you, Manuelacid

Toucan
Toucan 10 years ago

Thank you, Juanis!

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID, Ashley! I'll update it now =)

patty
patty 11 years ago

Thank YOU for sharing the pictures and moments =). Hey, I would love to read about the things you are seeing in the comments (on your way back maybe) =)

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thanks, Seema and Patty! =)

patty
patty 11 years ago

Wonderful bird and picture ! You could take it right when it was placing its beak in the container, neat!

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

loved it

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

Yes, most of America would have

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Ali, I looked for Mellisuga helenae in Wikipedia and it said that that was a species endemic to Cuba...

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

you're welcom :-)

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thank you, Ali =)

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

very cool!

Toucan
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Toucan

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 15, 2013
Submitted on Jan 15, 2013

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